The moon, due to it’s unusual size and proximity for a moon, has a much greater effect on the tides than the sun. That’s why the tides are more closely linked to the moon’s orbit around the earth, not the Earth’s around the sun.

Earth’s orbital distance has pretty much always been “perfect” though. It hasn’t really changed much since it’s formation 4-5 billion years ago.

Unless you mistyped and you’re talking about the moon’s orbital distance? In which case, it’s actually kind of the opposite of what you’re claiming. It’s estimated that life first popped up pretty close to when the planet and moon finished forming, at which point the moon’s orbital distance would have made it appear larger than the sun and probably fully obscure the sun + it’s corona during an eclipse.

I think it’s more like all those other things got them closer and closer, and this last thing was the final straw.

If you’re gonna be pedantic, at least have the courtesy to also be correct

“The secret to making friends is to go out and make a bunch of friends!”

Gee, why didn’t I think of that

Is this a fresh new copypasta, or are you just a really long-winded, elaborate troll?

Workshop Companion is great for beginner-friendly woodworking, and I’ve been really liking HomeRenoVision DIY for home renovation content.

That’s funny, when life sucks, I go watch one of Pat Finnerty’s What Makes This Song Stink videos, a direct (and similarly detailed) parody of Beato’s videos

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^or good at sports^

They’re not a replacement for a regular vacuum/broom, they’re a supplement. This is like complaining that the washing machine can’t completely remove red wine stains by itself. And there are robot vacuums at every price point, just like normal vacuums.

I’m glad you can vacuum your whole house in 10 minutes, but the rest of us don’t live in a shoebox and have pets with fur. You making judgments on a person’s character based on the chores they want to make easier speaks volumes about the type of person you are, you soggy walnut.

Ugh. Stop shaming people for wanting to automate mundane tasks. No one’s playing a stupid game here, the problem isn’t robot vacuums. The problem is that manufacturers insist on holding features hostage on the basis that you connect said vacuum to the Internet, so they can harvest (and then sell) your data. Be mad at that, not at normal people wanting to make a boring chore less burdensome.

Traffic enforcement cameras are one of the worst ways I can think of to coordinate traffic.

hands nephew some bits of fiber optic cable and an SFP

Figure it out, kid

This is just indicative of how dug in you are. You won’t even consider the possibility of being wrong as long as there are “experts” agreeing with your misguided view.

No, I still don’t agree with the same incorrect bullshit you’ve been saying for the past 36 hours now

I agree that driving is unnatural and overstimulating, and that’s definitely part of it. I think another part of it is that it’s really easy to see other drivers on the road as “other cars” more than “other people”. Driving is dehumanizing, in the sense that it makes it harder for people to see other drivers as fellow humans rather than adversarial machines, and people act accordingly.

Are you serious? Like, you can’t be serious at this point. I sent that article to you, like 4 comments ago. We’ve already discussed it, in this very thread. 🥱

It doesn’t matter what arguments I give you, you’re dug in. That’s what’s boring - every new angle anyone tries with you just gets the same old tired “my science is correct and infallible, yours is wrong” response. “Arguments” like that are boring. 🤷

I think Richard Dawkins is a transphobe because he frequently makes public anti-trans statements and conflates gender and sex in a way that is weaponized against trans people.

If you think acknowledging scientific truth is transphobic, that’s entirely on you.

Jesus dude this is just boring now. Claiming your outdated view is “scientific truth” hasn’t worked all day, maybe find a new slant.